| Bisbee, Arizona |
| QUEEN MINE TOUR |
| QUEEN MINE UNDERGROUND TOURS Outfitted in hard hat, miner's headlamp and a yellow slicker, thousands of Bisbee visitors descend into the Queen Mine Tour each year - heading underground and back in time. Tour guides, retired Phelps Dodge employees, lead the group 1,500 feet into the mine and recount mining days, techniques, dangers and drama. Adding a personal touch, the miner-turned-tour guides help visitors experience what it was like to work underground. |
| Bisbee's Queen Mine was one of the richest copper mines in history. The mine opened in 1877 and eventually closed when Phelps Dodge discontinued mining operations in Bisbee in the mid-1970's. The Queen Mine opened once again as a tour for visitors in 1976, nearly 100 years after the mine originally opened. Today approximately 50,000 people a year visit the Queen Mine Tour to commemorate Bisbee's prosperous mining heritage and experience what it was like working underground where temperatures are 47 degrees year-round. |
| Miners 69ers |
| ALL ABOARD! Be Sure to Wear Proper Footwear! |
| Silver Vein |
| It's Dark in Here! |
| "This Was Used When There Was No Child Labor Laws..." |
| Port-a-Torture |
| Weird Scenes Inside the Copper Mine |